Perfection is a fallacy, one that normally can’t be achieved in the ring.

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, however, may have come the closest.

Making his way through The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, this past Saturday night felt special. It wasn’t just a fight, it was more like an event.

Rodriguez couldn’t afford to let Phumelela Cafu walk in and steal the show. And he didn’t.

Cafu, who brought the WBO junior bantamweight title to the table, was a respected champion after upsetting Japan’s Kosei Tanaka to win his 115-pound title. But for most of the 10 rounds they shared in a scheduled 12-round bout, Cafu was outclassed.

After defending his Ring and WBC titles and taking Cafu’s WBO strap, Rodriguez admitted that he was in the zone.

“I’d give it an A,” Rodriguez told The Ring when asked to grade himself. “I felt like I did good, got the job done, got the stoppage. I give myself a solid A.”

The celebration and reflection time won’t last too long. Before landing a single punch on Cafu, Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) had already signed off on another unification fight, this time against Argentina’s Fernando Martinez.

Rodriguez’s attempt to add Martinez’s WBA belt to his collection will take place Nov. 22 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their fight will be part of “The Ring IV” card headlined by WBC light heavyweight champ David Benavidez and Anthony Yarde.

There’s still a bit of time before Rodriguez switches his attention to Martinez.

South Africa’s Cafu (11-1-3, 8 KOs) pushed Rodriguez to a certain extent. Heading into any fight, The Ring’s No. 7-ranked pound-for-pounder never expects it to be easy. And while he didn’t believe Cafu would be a walk in the park, he wasn’t anticipating the sort of fight he gave him.

“He was a lot tougher than I expected,” Rodriguez said. “I knew he was tough, but I didn’t think he was that tough. He was taking some hard shots throughout the fight, so the fact that he went to the 10th round says a lot.”